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Azeem Azhar’s Exponential View. Long, deep discussions about technology’s impact on business and society. Spotify Apple

Death, Sex & Money addresses the three topics we’re most uncomfortable talking about. Spotify Apple

Decoder Ring explores cultural questions, objects or habits to figure out what they mean and why they matter. From Slate magazine. Spotify Apple

History Extra Podcast. Produced by BBC History Magazine. Interviews with historians. Multiple episodes each week. Spotify Apple

History Unplugged. Produced by historian Scott Rank with more than 400 episodes. Spotify Apple

The Next Big Idea. About books and ideas in the social sciences. Spotify Apple

Hard Fork. Smart, witty, informative conversation and interviews about tech. Spotify Apple

Posts published by “Jeff Gauger”

So, so much of it

So, so much of it

By Jeff Gauger on June 17, 2022

A 36-year-old philosophical text has relevance today. Its topic: bullshit.

In the land of sweating turnips

In the land of sweating turnips

By Jeff Gauger on June 13, 2022

Harden every human target

Harden every human target

By Jeff Gauger on June 6, 2022

When an old word is a new friend

When an old word is a new friend

By Jeff Gauger on June 4, 2022

Dorkiness in dollars and cents

Dorkiness in dollars and cents

By Jeff Gauger on June 2, 2022

Have you read the Constitution?

Have you read the Constitution?

By Jeff Gauger on May 29, 2022

But we’ll still have guns

But we’ll still have guns

By Jeff Gauger on May 25, 2022

Cheap ‘drugs’ that work

Cheap ‘drugs’ that work

By Jeff Gauger on May 21, 2022

‘Eat me now!’ the M&M’s squeal

‘Eat me now!’ the M&M’s squeal

By Jeff Gauger on May 17, 2022

Pride goeth before rotten tomatoes

Pride goeth before rotten tomatoes

By Jeff Gauger on May 13, 2022

Let’s go old all the way

Let’s go old all the way

By Jeff Gauger on May 7, 2022

A condescending, gloating taunt

A condescending, gloating taunt

By Jeff Gauger on May 3, 2022

A fixidiot succeeds, with difficulty

A fixidiot succeeds, with difficulty

By Jeff Gauger on April 24, 2022

More craft than art: “11 tips to improve your writing,” from 30-Second Read. With both text and video.

Your first editor: “How to Edit Your Own Writing,” by Harry Guinness for The New York Times.

The best writing advice I ever got and a few pieces of my own: Pithy and spot-on tips from long-time scribbler Daniel Finney at his website, The Paragraph Stacker.

Word nerd delight: Jeremy Butterfield’s deep, rich, smart blog about grammar, word use, word histories, confusing words, more. Loads of fun word arcana.

Ellen is at the Grammar Table: Twitter account devoted to grammar questions and philosophy. Daily quizzes.

How to fix bad sentences: Confused by dangling modifiers? Stumped by passive voice? Author June Casagrande offers precise advice.

Role model: “What I learned about writing from reading Greta Thunberg’s speech to the U.N.,” by Roy Peter Clark for the Poynter Institute.

Writing tips: From Lexico.com, the Oxford Dictionary web site, for writing letters, speeches, job applications, more.

The hardest part of writing . . .: Advice for starting, delivered in cartoons by Grant Snider in The New York Times.

Priceless lessons: A sixth-grade English teacher offered advice about writing and life that Catherine Rampell remembers still. Practical and inspirational.

Apostrophe Protection Society. It’s for real, and it’s both serious and fun. Based in the United Kingdom.